In a bid to build a more consistently trained construction workforce in the South, Otago Polytechnic and the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have agreed to collaborate on their trades...

A woman has told the man who sexually abused her when she was 11 his offending has affected her so greatly she will continue to "cry until there are no tears left".

The Otago region’s water users will now have at least five years before changes to consents occur.

Three people were killed yesterday in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas.